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Dear Lucy, Oh my sweet daughter, I have just experienced a very, very fearful trip on the SS Forfarshire on my way to see our Aunt. Now however I am in a nice warm lodge in the Farne Islands, so I don’t want you to worry about me that much. I miss you so much. Tell your father that I miss him too. I will tell you right now what happened on the day of the accident. I was reading my book peacefully on my bunk when suddenly, I heard a loud crash and everything in my room fell to the floor! I immediately jumped out of my bed and ran out to the hallway. I flung open my door and I saw people running all over the place, screaming and yelling. I rushed to look for a lifejacket. I eventually found one, put it on and ran out to the deck. I didn’t have any time to pack my belongings. When I reached the deck the Forfarshire’s crew announced they only had one lifeboat! I was horrified. I quickly ran in to the small lifeboat with other passengers. We were all squished but that didn’t matter. Then I saw a family with three little children still on deck and decided to let them go in my place. They managed to call out their thanks just before the lifeboat left. Soon after the Forfarshire slammed into the rocks, so many people died, but there were some lucky survivors like me. We were clinging to the rocks while big waves pounded us. We were so scared, but we stayed on the rocks hopeful that we would be saved. Later, we saw in the distance two people in a small boat rowing toward us. They were coming to save us! The next thing we knew we were heading toward shore toward a lighthouse. When we got to shore we thanked the people who saved us over and over again. Our rescuers were Grace Darling and her father, the lighthouse keeper. They brought us to some small lodges near their light house to recover. And now I am writing this letter to you after a nice welcoming breakfast at the lighthouse. I hope to see you two in a couple days because I am catching a train from Dundee. I miss you both so much and I can’t wait to see you and your father tomorrow afternoon. Goodbye! Love your mother. Eve